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==History of literary criticism== | ==History of literary criticism== | ||
===Early or Classical critics=== | |||
Before Plato, with the exception of a few occurrences there was no real literary criticism in the sense of theory of literature. He essentially attacked all poetry. However, Aristotle continued on his teacher’s ways, and further expanded upon Plato’s Ideas thus expanding and creating more literary criticism, and in the 4th century BC wrote the Poetics which gives specific example of critiques of contemporary works of art. These two men primarily gave birth to literary criticism. <ref>Hall, V. (1963). A Short History of Literay Criticism . London: The Merlin Press.</ref> | |||
====Early Critics and Texts==== | ====Early Critics and Texts==== | ||
*Plato: "Ion, Republic, Cratylus" | *Plato: "Ion, Republic, Cratylus" | ||
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*Sikong Tu: "The Twenty-Four Classes of Poetry" | *Sikong Tu: "The Twenty-Four Classes of Poetry" | ||
===Renaissance Criticism=== | ===Renaissance Criticism=== | ||
The beginning of the Renaissance critics started in 1498 with the translation of the classic texts. The most important of these translations was of Aristotle’s Poetics, translated by Giorgio Valla. Throughout the Renaissance many authors critiqued classic works, as well as criticizing modern works | <ref name="Hall, V.>The beginning of the Renaissance critics started in 1498 with the translation of the classic texts. The most important of these translations was of Aristotle’s Poetics, translated by Giorgio Valla. Throughout the Renaissance many authors critiqued classic works, as well as criticizing modern works.</ref> | ||
====Main Critics and Texts==== | ====Main Critics and Texts==== | ||
*Lodovico Castelvetro: "The Poetics of Aristotle Translated and Explained" | *Lodovico Castelvetro: "The Poetics of Aristotle Translated and Explained" | ||